Turning much warmer for the weekend
Highest rain chances will be midnight Monday through the early morning hours with clearing skies by Monday afternoon and evening. In the middle levels of the atmosphere, we'll see much warmer, southern air surging up into the Midwest.

Varane happy for Real Madrid to win ugly
Zinedine Zidane's side are now fourth in La Liga, 19 points behind rivals and league leaders Barcelona. We are playing the same as past year but things are not coming together.

Rare Celestial Event Happening on January 31
The rare event will be visible in Eastern Europe, East Africa, Asia , Australia and North America . But don't let the setting moon stop you from getting to see a good part of the eclipse.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple Latest News
This sharp drop in value caused widespread panic among investors, with many labelling the price movement " Bitcoin's crash". When the price of bitcoin fell in mid January a year ago , the cryptocurrency's price recovered to record levels.

US stock-market indexes opened slightly higher on Friday and were on track to book modest weekly gains.

India rely too heavily on Kohli, says FafOn the team of the year selection, there were a few surprises omissions which have caught the eye of cricket fans worldwide. So they are very competitive, they're throwing everything they have at us, and their batsmen want to make a statement.

Technology and healthcare companies accounted for much of the gains. Microsoft rose 1.7 percent and UnitedHealth gained 1 percent. Juno Therapeutics soared 51.9% after the Wall Street Journal reported that biotech drugmaker Celgene might buy it. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks gave up 19 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,572.97. In the first 11 trading days of the year it has risen almost 1,400 points, or 5.6%.

Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 38.75 points, or 0.57 percent, on volume of 72,029 contracts.

Energy stocks also fell as crude-oil prices declined.

Goldman Sachs fell 1.9% after posting its first quarterly loss in six years on tax-related charges and a sharp drop in trading revenue.

The S&P 500 is up 16.32 points, or 0.6 percent.

It took the Dow seven trading days since it first closed above 25,000 on January 4 to cross the 26,000-point threshold. The futures allow investors to make bets on the future price of bitcoin.

Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude fell more than a dollar in NY to settle at US$63.73 per barrel. The price of the digital currency, which soared previous year after starting the 2017 under $1,000, has been hurt amid signs of potentially increased scrutiny from governments. The U.S. currency was up to 110.75 yen from 110.52 yen on Monday.